As you’re probably aware, this web site is meant to be a celebration of everything about growing up in the eighties, but great though that decade was, would you want to go back and live through it all again?

Would I want to? I’m not sure. Perhaps if I could be a kid again then yes, I think I would, but would I want to be an adult in the 1980’s? I’m not sure to be honest. What do you think? Vote below, and leave us all a comment if you have any views one way or the other that you’d like to share.

I’m definitely with you on reliving my childhood Karen, I’d love to do that too. I think kids today may have more TV channels and more sophisticated toys at their disposal, but I think we had more fun with what we had!

I suspect I currently am re-living mine somewhat vicariously through the devouring of books, tv programmes, second hand vinyl of the stuff I couldn’t afford as a child.

I recently read Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, which has 80’s childhood imprinted on every beautifully crafted page. I loved it, and he in turn was inspired by Andrew Collins ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, my miserable 80’s’ – equally satisfying for it’s rich period details and remembrance of being a student in the good days of the 1980’s. Recommended, if you haven’t read them already!

You wouldn’t have long to wait for the Buffy film with Kristy Swanson, though that probably isn’t much of a consolation. I’ll admit to owning the film on DVD which is brilliant for the great picture of Rutger Hauer dressed up as a vampire on the back. For some reason he’s pulling an Elvis style lip curl, which looks hilarious.